tony w
Find out all about limes, including nutritional information, their potential health benefits and simple ways to incorporate more of them into your diet.
Gaining weight and being unable to lose it is probably influenced by genetic factors. A better understanding of individual differences could lead to personalized therapy.
Genetic information may soon be used in weight-loss treatments according to a team of researchers, to offer programs tailor-made to individuals in an effort to combat rising rates of obesity. Weight loss itself is often not the biggest challenge for individuals who are overweight, with keeping the weight off often proving to be more difficult. To try and understand why, various groups came together including the National Cancer Institute, National Health Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research to form The Working Group, a team of researchers who have been studying how genetics can affect losing and regaining weight.
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – – Certain types of weight loss surgery may weaken bones, increasing the risk of breaks, according to a recent study from Taiwan. Weight loss procedures like gastric bypass help obese patients lose weight by reducing the amount of food the body takes in. “The commonly lost nutrients are vitamin D and calcium, which are related to the development of osteoporosis,” Huang said by email.
One of the big things I hear from the woman I work with is this:What if people think I’m fat and gained weight?What if I go home and my family comments on my weight?What if everyone is thinking how frumpy and fat I look every time I’m out?A few weeks ago, one of my clients said, “well, if I was on an island with no one else, I wouldn’t care…
The liver-derived hormone FGF21 suppresses mouse and primate appetite for sugar; the findings could help regulate diet to prevent or treat diabetes.
Northwestern Medicine News
Pain
Pain
Pain